In this book which I'm going through, which happens to be the "Genealogy of the Swink Family of Missouri" by Robert A. Swink and from 1940, is mentioned another cemetery. This is the Gamel Cemetery, which apparently is also near to Festus. I am guessing again that this might be a small family type plot, but I was wondering if anyone happens to have heard of it or have any information about it. Interestingly, it looks like George McNutt and his wife Sarah Ann (Swink) McNutt, who I previously mentioned as once owning the property on which the McNutt School as well as cemetery are located on, are buried in the Gamel Cemetery. Apparently, later in life they moved off of that property, apparently to be even closer to Festus. Sarah Ann's niece, Emma Kenner, married William A. Gamel in 1879. William Gamel was apparently a fairly prominent citizen of Jefferson County during this time period. Rick Waggener

----- Original Message ----- From: <sequoia@pacbell.net> To: <MOJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 9:22 AM Subject: [MOJEFFER] Gamel Cemetery > In this book which I'm going through, which happens to be the "Genealogy > of the Swink Family of Missouri" by Robert A. Swink and from 1940, is > mentioned another cemetery. This is the Gamel Cemetery, which apparently > is also near to Festus. I am guessing again that this might be a small > family type plot, but I was wondering if anyone happens to have heard of > it or have any information about it. > > Interestingly, it looks like George McNutt and his wife Sarah Ann > (Swink) McNutt, who I previously mentioned as once owning the property > on which the McNutt School as well as cemetery are located on, are > buried in the Gamel Cemetery. Apparently, later in life they moved off > of that property, apparently to be even closer to Festus. Sarah Ann's > niece, Emma Kenner, married William A. Gamel in 1879. William Gamel was > apparently a fairly prominent citizen of Jefferson County during this > time period. > > Rick Waggener > > Gamel Cemetery is a very big cemetery, when you add the other two that surround it & actually allow it to become one big cemetery. The Gamel Cemetery was the first piece of ground in Festus that was offered as a community burial ground, by Robert Gamel, after he buried his two boys there in one coffin in 1862. They were killed by Union soldiers, or as the stone says, a hireling soldiery. It is located on Gamel Cemetery road, just off of 21A. Actually, I remember seeing this stone you mention. It is not in the original Gamel section, but everyone refers to the whole area as Gamel Cemetry. I have grandparents & a greatgrandparent buried there, as well as other family members & friends. Desoto Joe/The Record Man